Information Technology Weekly Project

Running head: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WEEKLY PROJECT
Information Technology Weekly Project
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Activity 1
1. The components of information system includes just not the hardware and software
but also the other components of data bases, telecommunications, human resources,
procedures and data warehouses.
2. The definition of a business problem can be printed as a well-defined issue that
occurs within an organisation containing a solution in it. Occurrence of a problem is easy to
solve only if it is looked at the most obvious and straightforward way saving resources, time
and money. A business problem that can be e occurring within an organisation can be of the
management of human resource that is easily solved by Computer based information system.
3. An off-the-shelf computer program is defined as the software or hardware products
that is already made available for selling to the general public. An example of such an off the
shelf computer program used as a strategic information system can be the ERP software that
are generally available in the market to handle the business information.
4. It is always found that strategic information system of an is offering an organisation
with short lived advantages. This is because the strategic information system cannot accept
change as it works along several algorithms and programs that has been set as per the
business condition at a certain point of time. Changes in the business procedure conformer
threat to the strategic information system right at that point of time.
5. It is certainly seen that Adobe acrobat reader and flash player is readily available
free of charge for the users because this is a strategic plan that Adobe look forward to for
more acquisition of customers. The application is given away but not the entire packages
Adobe. Due to in app purchases, subscriptions, referral marketing and other strategic theories

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applied to this act, it can be clearly seen how Adobe makes its own money even after making
two of its applications available to the users free of charge.
Activity 2
1. One of the most important advantage of the agile method over the waterfall
development methods is that a waterfall development method cannot be retraced once it has
been executed, what the agile methods are much flexible. therefore, in case of a software
development life cycle if waterfall method is applied, the development phase cannot be rolled
back or it would have to begin write the initiation phase. On the other hand, agile method is
flexible enough to move back to any previous stage of development during the software
development life cycle and move forward again to begin from where it had been paused.
2. Business organizations often outsource IT services, but it might offer that it has the
most negative effect on the transaction and operation within the organisation affecting the
confidentiality of information, regulatory compliance, business continuity and understanding
of the business system.
3. Information system by end users should always be encouraged as it helps in
keeping track and information of all the transactions and confidential data that has been gone
through so far buy the products and services offered to end users from the organisations.
4. Supply chain can be defined as a Process or a sequence of a process that would be
involved within an organisation for distributing the proper organisation of the business
processes to let a smooth propagation of the production system. The supply chain
management system within an organisation is implemented to make sure that the processes
within an organisation for developing a certain manufacturing process or service is going
along the correct way of implementation.